i was just judged very harshly at barnes and noble

[Still Me]

i grabbed a science book I thought sounded interesting called "The Poisoner's Handbook, Murder and the birth of forensic medicine in the jazz age New York", and then i was looking around in horror cause thats my favorite outside of nerd stuff and i grabbed this book about a seral killer from the eyes of the killer....its called "Exquisite Corpse"

 

...

The look I got from the cashier ...

Edited May 10 by Still Me

[ghostrek]

33 minutes ago, Still Me said:

i grabbed a science book I thought sounded interesting called "The Poisoner's Handbook, Murger and the birth of forensic medicine in the jazz age New York", and then i was looking around in horror cause thats my favorite outside of nerd stuff and i grabbed this book about a seral killer from the eyes of the killer....its called "Exquisite Corpse"

 

...

The look I got from the cashier ...

frist time   well that happen to me a few times.  half price books  is not  so  judgy   

[katt_goddess]

Please. If they can survive me showing up, your two tiny books about poisoning and murder mean nothing.

[ghostrek]

2 minutes ago, katt_goddess said:

Please. If they can survive me showing up, your two tiny books about poisoning and murder mean nothing.

@katt_goddess wow comparing your self to yomiko tradman wow 

[Still Me]

2 minutes ago, katt_goddess said:

Please. If they can survive me showing up, your two tiny books about poisoning and murder mean nothing.

thats usually me too but its not smut books...i think the last time i was there i bought like 10 books 

[katt_goddess]

1 hour ago, ghostrek said:

@katt_goddess wow comparing your self to yomiko tradman wow 

I have my own library.  I think it's nearing 3,500 books with a healthy collection of comics as well. It's no living on the top of a building stuffed full of books but I wouldn't mind that. 

1 hour ago, Still Me said:

thats usually me too but its not smut books...i think the last time i was there i bought like 10 books 

Actually the last time I was there I only bought two books too. I only stopped briefly because it was threatening to rain and they had the latest Dresden novella and the final volume of 'Jujitsu Kaisen'. 

The last time I was at my favorite used bookstore, however, I got ~30 books because....books.  

[Top Gun]

1 hour ago, ghostrek said:

yomiko tradman

 

[Still Me]

47 minutes ago, katt_goddess said:

I have my own library.  I think it's nearing 3,500 books with a healthy collection of comics as well. It's no living on the top of a building stuffed full of books but I wouldn't mind that. 

Actually the last time I was there I only bought two books too. I only stopped briefly because it was threatening to rain and they had the latest Dresden novella and the final volume of 'Jujitsu Kaisen'. 

The last time I was at my favorite used bookstore, however, I got ~30 books because....books.  

Im so jelly 🥺

[katt_goddess]

2 minutes ago, Still Me said:

Im so jelly 🥺

If it makes you feel better, you don't have to remove all shelved books/items twice a year to clean on and around them to keep the spiders away.  

[Still Me]

1 minute ago, katt_goddess said:

If it makes you feel better, you don't have to remove all shelved books/items twice a year to clean on and around them to keep the spiders away.  

I’d be worried about silverfish 

[[classic swim]]

53 minutes ago, Top Gun said:

 

[discolé monade]

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

12 hours ago, [classic swim] said:

Ghostrek you are Franky froesty.

[ghostrek]

13 hours ago, katt_goddess said:

I have my own library.  I think it's nearing 3,500 books with a healthy collection of comics as well. It's no living on the top of a building stuffed full of books but I wouldn't mind that. 

Actually the last time I was there I only bought two books too. I only stopped briefly because it was threatening to rain and they had the latest Dresden novella and the final volume of 'Jujitsu Kaisen'. 

The last time I was at my favorite used bookstore, however, I got ~30 books because....books.  

@katt_goddess @Still Me  I have bougth well over 100 bucks in a books   and i found frist eadtion  of longest day  (the moive is based on that book)  at  a yard sale  my proudest fine

[scoobdog]

This is why I only buy nook books now.

J/K   I just don't have room on my shelves.

[Insipid]

One of my favorite unique Japanese words.

[André Toulon]

Something i watch periodically has something called the Tsundoku group. (I assume its the same spelling, idk). But i cant remember what its from but next time i hear it, I'll have to see if it's just randomly called that or if this newfound definition is part of a joke

[discolé monade]

[Insipid]

19 minutes ago, André Toulon said:

Something i watch periodically has something called the Tsundoku group. (I assume its the same spelling, idk). But i cant remember what its from but next time i hear it, I'll have to see if it's just randomly called that or if this newfound definition is part of a joke

No joke. The word has been around since the Meiji era. Relevant to the topic, however . . .

The Mariko Aoki phenomenon (青木まりこ現象, Aoki Mariko genshō) is a Japanese expression referring to a sudden urge to defecate that is felt upon entering bookstores. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon

[André Toulon]

3 minutes ago, Insipid said:

No joke. The word has been around since the Meiji era. Relevant to the topic, however . . .

The Mariko Aoki phenomenon (青木まりこ現象, Aoki Mariko genshō) is a Japanese expression referring to a sudden urge to defecate that is felt upon entering bookstores. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon

Not that i thought you were joking....but that whatever this is from is using it as a joke that you wouldn't get unless you knew what the word meant

[molarbear]

19 hours ago, katt_goddess said:

If it makes you feel better, you don't have to remove all shelved books/items twice a year to clean on and around them to keep the spiders away.  

The spiders accent the collection

No one is going to try and borrow a book if old Charlotte and her 12 spawns are hovering over it 

 

[Still Me]

[Chappi]

I get hyper aware of the yaoi manga I purchase from Barnes and Noble when I reach the cashier. It hasn’t sparked up any conversations though so I’m probably in the clear.

[katt_goddess]

On 5/10/2026 at 7:25 PM, Still Me said:

I’d be worried about silverfish 

Dried lavender as a carpet deodorizer and a cinnamon clove spray in the back of the bookcases by the wall. When I build the shelves, I don't put backs on them so I'm able to get behind them for a more thorough cleaning just by removing all the books in that particular section. 

5 hours ago, molarbear said:

The spiders accent the collection

No one is going to try and borrow a book if old Charlotte and her 12 spawns are hovering over it 

 

I have a pet human skull named Toothless George that can do the gatekeeping just fine.